"It will certainly come out,” said Nathan James with the Tennessee Board of Education.

State law mandates that all districts must alert the state within 30 days if a teacher has been suspended, terminated or has resigned so they can keep that person from applying at another school.

When the state realized they had only been alerted to one case, they launched an investigation. Since then, 15 have been provided.

The News4 I-Team found there are still 11 other cases that have not been shared with the state.

But whose responsibility is it to report those the state?

"The responsibility always falls on the Director of Schools,” James said.

"The state says they're still waiting on reports of 11 cases...why is that?" Bramson asked MNPS Director Dr. Shawn Joseph on Monday.

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Director of Schools Dr. Shawn Joseph (Source: MNPS)

"It’s news to me there are 11 additional, but if there are any we'll get them in as soon as possible,” Joseph replied.

The News4 I-Team pushed for answers because, as we mentioned, some of those cases involved teachers drinking alcohol on the job.

Joseph also placed blame on a former employee.

“We did have a situation where we had an employee who’s no longer an employee with the district that did not send reports," Joseph said. "Once it was made aware to us, we immediately sent in the information we had."

Regardless of who Joseph says is responsible, Metro School Board member Amy Frogge believes it is ultimately the director's responsibility.

“I would expect the Director of Schools to follow state law," Frogge told the News4 I-Team. "This has never happened before, and so I take it very seriously as a board member."

The News4 I-Team told you about the 26 cases of teacher misconduct -- that’s how many the state says should have been reported but were not.

In fact, last year, 89 district employees were looked into over the last year. However, it's important to note, the majority of them did not result in termination or suspension.

We'll be sure to stay on top of this and let you know when Dr. Joseph reports the additional 11 cases to the state.

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